manless
English
Etymology
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#MANLESSCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#MANLESS manles, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#MANLESSCategory:English terms derived from Old English#MANLESS mannlēas, from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#MANLESSCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#MANLESS *manalausaz, equivalent to man + -lessCategory:English terms suffixed with -less#MANLESS. Cognate with Dutch manloos, German mannlos, Icelandic mannlauss.
Adjective
manless (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#MANLESSCategory:English adjectives#MANLESSCategory:English uncomparable adjectives#MANLESSCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#MANLESSCategory:Pages with entries#MANLESSCategory:Pages with 1 entry#MANLESS
- Without a man or men.
- Lacking masculinity.
- 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page iii:
- A eunuch is a negative creature. A beardless Moslem is contemptuously designated as manless.Category:English terms with quotations#MANLESS